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Ruth Ellis: A Life for a Life (1999)

Directed by Farren Blackburn

Documentary · 1h 00m

Documentary on Ruth Ellis, a Welsh-born model and actress, who was the last woman to be hanged in the United Kingdom. She went to the gallows of London's Holloway prison on July 13, 1955, for the gunshot murder of her lover, David Blakely, on Easter Sunday, April 10, of that same year. She was 28 at the time and was hanged, despite a 50,000-signature petition from the British public for leniency.

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Cast

Kirsty Wark Self - Presenter
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Fiona Ormiston Ruth Ellis John Light David Blakely Peter Forbes Desmond Cussen Julian Curry Mr. Justice Havers
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Philip Dunbar Christmas Humphries Alastair G. Cumming Ant Findlater (as Alastair Cumming)

Crew

Director
Farren Blackburn
Producer
Simon Ford

Details

Release date
1999-11-28
Runtime
1h 00m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Countries
United Kingdom
Production
BBC